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1. This lady was never married, but formed the Women's State Temperance Society, was part of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and founded the National Woman's Suffrage Association. She wrote an amendment, which after her death, became the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. Who was she?
2. She was the Angel of the Battlefield. During the Civil War, she received permission to go to wherever sick soldiers were taken, so she could further take care of them. After the war, she vacationed in Europe and began helping the International Red Cross. She decided to create the Red Cross in the United States and became its first president. Name this "Angel of the Battlefield".
3. She was born with the last name of Skladowska in Warsaw, Poland. Later, she went to Paris, met her husband, married, and working together they discovered Polonium and Radium. She and her husband, along with another man, won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Years later she won a second Nobel Prize. In 1934, she died of leukemia, probably due to her exposure to radiation during her experiments. Name this brilliant lady.
4. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was borne in Skopje, now the capital of Macedonia. She took her vows in 1937 to become a nun, which included the vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and service to the poor. She helped to form the Missionaries of Charity in 1950, and in 1979 she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Name this incredible, giving woman by her more commonly-known name.
5. This lady published one of her first writings in serial format in an abolitionist paper, "The National Era". Soon she had an offer from a publisher in Boston to print it as a book. It sold 3,000 copies the first day, and 300,000 copies over the first year. It was the first American book to sell a million copies and was the best selling book of the 19th century. Name the author of this anti-slavery novel.
6. This lady was born as Isabella Baumfree and was the child of slaves. She grew up as a slave. At one point, she ran away, had a spiritual vision, and changed her name. She then traveled about, lecturing that God is the savior. She worked with Olive Gilbert, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglas for the abolition of slavery.
7. She is known as "The Moses of her people" for her tireless efforts to help slaves escape the South using the Underground Railroad, as she had done. She helped up to 300 slaves escape to safety. During the Civil War, she served as a nurse, a scout for the Union, and even as a Union spy. Who was "The Moses of her people"?
8. As the First Lady, she acted as her disabled husband's "eyes and ears". She held regular press conferences, wrote a daily news column, and pressed for causes including child welfare, housing reform and equal rights laws for minorities and women. Later she became a delegate to the United Nations. Name this first lady.
9. With her death at an executioner's blade in 1793, her name has become synonymous with the luxury and excesses of the members of the royalty. Their opulence made her an easy target, and she became the first French female monarch ever to be executed. Don't lose your head thinking of her name.
10. This American actress has won more Academy Awards for best actress than any other actress in the 20th century. Name her.
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